Pontoporia blainvillei

(P. Gervais & d'Orbigny, 1844)

Franciscana

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Whippomorpha
Infraorder : Cetacea
Parvorder : Odontoceti
Superfamily : Inioidea
Family : Pontoporiidae
Genus : Pontoporia

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris, vol. 1844, 39

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31084918

Original name as described

Delphinus Blainvillei

Other common names

La Plata River Dolphin

Type material

MNHN (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"qui été pris à Montevideo," Uruguay. The holotype, supposedly housed at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, has not been located.

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Argentina · Brazil · Uruguay

Taxonomy notes

moved from Iniidae to Pontoporiidae

Taxonomy notes citation

May-Collado, L., & Agnarsson, I. (2006). Cytochrome b and Bayesian inference of whale phylogeny. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 38(2), 344-354. · McGowen, M. R., Tsagkogeorga, G., Álvarez-Carretero, S., dos Reis, M., Struebig, M., Deaville, R., ... & Rossiter, S. J. (2020). Phylogenomic resolution of the cetacean tree of life using target sequence capture. Systematic Biology, 69(3), 479-501.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006457

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Pontoporia tenuirostris

Malm, 1871

Family

Pontoporiidae

Root name

tenuirostris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

GNMS (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

46

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33820971

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Delphinus Blainvillei

(P. Gervais & d'Orbigny, 1844)

Family

Pontoporiidae

Root name

blainvillei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

39

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31084918

Authority publication

Société Philomatique de Paris. Extraits des procès-verbaux des séances

Stenodelphis Blainvillei

(Lahille, 1899)

Family

Pontoporiidae

Root name

blainvillei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

198

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147064

Authority publication

Primera Reunión del Congreso Científico Latino Americano

Name usages

Lahille (1899:198, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147064) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)

Delphinus tenui-rostris

(Larrañaga, 1923)

Family

Pontoporiidae

Root name

tenuirostris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

350

Authority publication

Montevideo

Pontoporia blainvillei

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Pontoporiidae

Root name

blainvillei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

108

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:291) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  4. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:393) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #17978) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #17978) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006457) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17978/123792204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pontoporia Blainvillii

J. E. Gray, 1847

Family

Pontoporiidae

Root name

blainvillii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

46

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957477

Authority publication

London

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